The following information has been received
by the editor of the Times form Joseph Ballou, of 1239 Ormsby Court,
Louisville, Kentucky.We are passing it
on to readers, some of whom belong to the Ballou family and others are
related.We are also hoping to preserve
some for others who at some later time, may wish to search for information on
the family.

The information from Mr. Ballou is as
follows: The Ballou family is of French origin.It is said that Leonard Boileau and two brothers, William and
James Boileau, fled from France at the beheading of King Louis during the
French revolution.They stopped for a
time in Ireland where Leonard Boileau married a lady of rank by the name of
Meredith.The three brothers emigrated
to America and settle in Botetourt County, Virginia, in the latter half of the
seventeen nineties.After a short
residence in Virginia, Leonard Boileau removed to North Carolina where he
obtained a large estate on New River, in the western part of the State.He here reared a family, among whom were two
sons, Leonard and Meredith.From the
Carolina homestead of the Ballou family, they emigrated to other parts of the
country, particularly to the South and West.James Ballou removed to Pulaski County, Kentucky, in the early
1800’s.Another James Ballou was in
Pulaski County, Mo., in 1817. Jesse Ballou was in Laclede County, Mo., in 1820;
and DeWitt Ballou was in Henry County, Mo., at an early date.

1.Leonard Boileau, from
France, by way of Ireland to Virginia, married in Ireland __________ Meredith,
settled in Botetourt County, Virginia, and later removed to New River, North
Carolina.He had sons, Leonard,
Meredith and James.

2.Meredith Ballou, born
in 1766, removed with his father to the New River District of North Carolina,
possessed himself of the estate of his father and added to it until he owned
over 30,000 acres of land, He had 10 children, three sons and seven
daughters.Among his children were
James and Baker Ballou.He died at an
advanced age on the North Carolina homestead.

3.James Ballou, born in
North Carolina, came to Kentucky, settling near the Falls of the Cumberland
River, at a place called Sawyer.Later
he located at Point Isabella, now Burnside, in 1850.He reared his family there, and in the latter part of his life,
removed to Indiana where he died.He
married Frankie Jones, daughter of Levi Jones and his wife Linda Veatch.He had the following children: Leonard,
Levi, Polly, Esther, Andrew Jackson, Tamsy, Watson, Joseph, Allen, James Polk,
Meredith, Elizabeth, Thomas, Emerline and Enoch.

4.Leonard Ballou, son of
James Ballou, born ___________, married ____________, and had children.Jesse Washington Ballou, born August 19,
1832, married October 19, 1863 to Cicely (Cecelia?) Jane Swink, daughter of
Leonard Swink and Phoebe Smith Swink, Cicely, born February 5, 1827; issue,
David Smith Ballou, born July 11, 1866, and died July 23, 1888; Nancy Jane
Ballou, born May 19, 1868, and married John Martin VanHook.She resides at Greencastle, Ind.Two other children were born to Leonard, son
of James, son of Leonard, their names being Jesse W. Ballou, who died November
6, 1872; and Cicely J. Ballou, died in August 1913.

5.Levi Ballou, son of
James and Frankie Jones Ballou, born____________, married Polly Ann Lewis,
daughter of Shelby Lewis and Jane Kelley Lewis, and who lived and died in
Pulaski County, Kentucky, was the father of: James Ballou, married Winnie
Lewis, and had by her:Maggie, Mary and
Gordon Ballou.Thomas Ballou married
Polly Ann Buckner, by whom he was the father of: Loretta, Dora, Maggie, Ida,
Eva, Floyie, Elmer, Ottie Lloyd and Earl Ballou; Mary Ballou, married Thomas,
son of William Lewis, and became the mother of: Owens, Winnie, Henry, Leona,
Magnolia and Bryan Lewis.Mrs. Mary
Ballou Lewis lives at Greenwood, Kentucky.

Other children of Levi Ballou and his
wife, Polly Ann Lewis Ballou, were: Joe Mart Ballou, married, first, to
Elizabeth Jane Heath, daughter of John L. Heath and Sally Smith Heath.Issue:Robert, Lula, James and Guy Ballou.Joe Mart Ballou was married a second time but there were no children.He lives at Tatesville, Kentucky.A fifth child of Levi and Polly Ann was
William Ballou, married Ebbie Strunk, by whom he had Carl, Myrtle and Herbert
Ballou.A sixth child was Amy Ballou,
married Neal Boyer, and became the mother of: Gilbert, Cora, Evelyn, Silas,
Arthur, Dalt, James and Juanita Boyer.A seventh child was Jack Ballou, died unmarried in 1901. An eighth child
was Rhoda Ballou, married Charles Haynes, and became the mother of:Norman, Hattie and Tommy Haynes.The ninth and last child was Hattie Ballou,
married Columbus Sloan, son of Clayton and Polly Jane Tate Sloan. Hattie was
the mother of one daughter, Lola Sloan.The Sloan family lives at Beloit, Kansas.

Polly daughter of James Ballou and his
wife, Frankie Jones Ballou, married February 6, 1851, to WilliamSwink,son of Leonard Swink and Phoebe Smith Swink.They spent nine years of their married life at Burnside, Ky., and
then removed to Humansville, Mo., where he died October 22, 1906, and his wife
later. Their children: William Thomas Swink, born in 1852, and died in Missouri
in 1926; John Milton Swink, born January 18, 1853, married Mary J. Lefler, and
became the father of:Oscar, Lloyd,
Earl, Fred, Leola, Lula, Hobart, Tressie and Addie Swink.He lives at Uniontown, Kansas.The third child was Mary E. Swink, married
William Yoast and have children.They
reside near Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

The fourth child was Martha A. Swink,
married Jeff Marshall.They have
children, and live at Aurora, Illinois.

The fifth child was Nevada A.. Swink, who
married Fred Mills. They have children and live at Denver, Colorado.

The sixth child was Joseph E. Swink, who
has a family and resides at Walnut Grove, Missouri.

The seventh child was James Leonard Swink,
who married Frances Price, daughter of Samuel Hansen and Susannah Owens
Price.James Leonard and Frances were
the parents of: Lester, Vaera, Frances, William, Neta, Arthur, Albert,
Theodore, Lucille, Ruby, and John L. Swink.James Leonard Swink died in 1914, and his widow still lives in Everett,
Washington.

The eighth and last child was Leulla Swink,
married William Henry Payne, and had two children, Mary and William H. Payne,
Jr.She still lives, at Huntington,
N.Y., on Long Island.

The fourth child of James Ballou and his
wife, Frankie Jones Ballou, was Ester, who married Robert Hardwick and had the
following children:Alice Hardwick,
married R. O. Lewis, and lives at Burnside, Kentucky, Charlie Hardwick, Joe
Hardwick.

Andrew Johnson, fifth child of James Ballou
and Frankie Jones Ballou married Martha Gaba and removed to Springfield,
Missouri.They had one child that died
in infancy.They lived, for a time,
with Mrs. Polly Ballou Swink, at Humansville, Misouri, where Mrs. Martha Gaba
Ballou died.Andrew Jackson Ballou
lived for some years in the Old Folks Home.

The sixth child of James Ballou and Frankie
Jones Ballou was Tamsy, who married Hardin Coffee.No additional information.

Joseph Ballou, son of James Ballou and
Frankie Jones Ballou, was born January 21, 1836, married October 27, 1856, to
Phoebe Catherine Smith, daughter of William Smith and Nancy Colyer Smith.Phoebe was born December 15, 1838, and died
June 20, 1860.They had one son,
Humphrey Ballou, born October11, 1857.He married Nellie Gains, born February 8, 1868, and died June 2,
1931.Humphrey Ballou was the father
of:Lucille and Joseph Ballou, who live
at 1372 South Sixth Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

After the death of his first wife, Joseph
Ballou married Susan Elizabeth Chrisman, born September 28, 1839, and died June
14, 1921.They were the parents
of:Halleck, Flora, Angie, Baxter,
Victor, Ellen, and Justin Guy Ballou, the last-named a physician, born March 11,
1882, and died at Oak Harbor, Ohio, in February, 1935.Ellen Ballou lives at Stanford, Kentucky.

Allen Ballou, son of James and Frankie
Jones Ballou, was born January 13, 1838, and married Nannie Lewis, daughter of
Shelby Lewis and Jane Kelley Lewis on November 18, 1858.She was born December 30, 1842.Allen Ballou was a minister of the Gospel
and lived and died in Pulaski County, Kentucky.He died June 17, 1928, and his wife had previously died, on May
4, 1916.Their children were:Jennie Ballou, born April 14, 1862, married
a Brogden and lived at Burnside, Kentucky.She never had any children.

The second child was Daniel Webster Ballou,
born September 5, 1864, married Luverna Lewis, daughter of John Wesley Lewis
and Lydia Shadoan.Their Children were:Lillian, Violet, Pansy, Forrest, Carroll,
Rose and Kenneth Ballou.They live at
Burnside, Kentucky.

The third child of Allen Ballou and his
wife, Nannie Lewis Ballou, was Robert M. Ballou, born November 10, 1866.He married Lou Williams, by whom he had
three children, Herbert, Tibbs, and Clyde Ballou.

The fourth child was Tibbs Ballou, born May
8, 1868, married Alena Woods, by whom he had one daughter, Helen.

Emma was the fifth child.She was born December 17, 1873, married a
Hiatt, and bore him two children, Ralph and Ernestine Hiatt.Mr. Hiatt is dead, and she lives at
Burnside, Kentucky.

Louise Ballou was the sixth child, born
December 23, 1876, and married a Simmons.They had no children.

Margaret Ballou was the seventh child and
was born December 9, 1878.She married
George Thomas, but had no issue.She
lives in Somerset, Kentucky.

Walter V. Ballou was the eighth and last
child of Allen Ballou and his wife, Nannie Lewis Ballou.He was born June 23, 1880 and married
Winifred Pitser, by whom he has two children, Joyce and Walter Ballou, Jr.,
They reside in Olathe, Colorado.

We return to the children of James Ballou
and his wife, Frankie Jones Ballou.The
next was James Polk Ballou, who died in infancy.The next or 11th child was Meredith Ballou, married
either Paralee Rose or Betsy Barnett.He was the father of:Robert,
Luke, Jake, James, John, Andy, Linda, Frankie and Susannah Ballou.

The 12th child was Elizabeth
Ballou, married a Barnett.The next was
Thomas Ballou, married Frankie Powell.The 14th child was Emerine, married a Baldwin and removed,
with her father, to Indiana.

The 15th and last child was
Enoch born April 3, 1847, married Carrie Elizabeth Bible, who was born August
4, 1856 and died in 1883.Enoch and
Carrie Elizabeth were the parents of:Creola Jane, born December 29, 1872, married Hayden Routh and had three
children: David Andrew Ballou, born in 1874, and died in 1925; Robert Edward
Ballou, born October 13, 1877, married Maria Womack, by whom he has one
daughter; John Walter Ballou, born March 1, 1881, died 1920; and Arthur Enoch
Ballou, born June 5, 1883.The wife and
mother died the same year, 1883, as above set out.Later, on September 20, 1887, Enoch Ballou married the second
time, to Emma K. Estell, by whom he had one son, Ralph Perry Ballou, born
January 12, (Here part of the record is torn and illegible.) Enoch Ballou
removed, with his father to Indiana, and in 1871, settled in Ballinger, Texas,
where he died December 23, 1916.

Levi Jones, above mentioned as the father
of Frankie Jones, came from North Carolina to Pulaski County, Kentucky, and
married Lida Veatch, by whom he had: Calvin, Alfred, Alvin, Maldin, Daniel,
Milton, Jasper, Frankie, Libbie, Sarah and Martha Jones.

Some additional information concerning
Humphrey M. Ballou, mentioned above, is here noted.As previously stated, he married Nellie Gaines. We gave only two
of his children in the account above.Here is a full list of his offspring: Angie Ballou, date of birth not
given; Pattilin Ballou, date of birth not given, but she died October 13, 1906;
Joseph Ballou, born in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky, July 27, 1900,
married Christine Lewis, June 6, 1925, and became the father of: Joseph Ballou,
born December 24, 1928; and Kenneth Ballou, born December 8, 1930.They live at 1372 South Sixth Street,
Louisville, Kentucky.

The last child of Humphrey was Lucille W.
Ballou, mentioned above. She was born at Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky,
February 27, 1905, and died March 21, 1937. Nellie Gaines Ballou was born in
Lincoln County, Kentucky, February 8, 1868, and died June 2, 193l. Humphrey M.
Ballou died February 6, 1910.

Editor’s Comment—The above information
relative to the Ballou family has come to us from Joseph Ballou, at present
residing at 1239 Ormsby Street, Louisville, Kentucky.In addition to be above, he sends along some information from
Walter W. Smith, who, at the writing of his communication, resided at 410 East
B. Street, Moscow, Idaho.This bore the date of July 39, 1935. We wonder if he
is still living and if he has the same address if he is still on this side of
the river we call death.

We believe there is an error in the account
above given on at least one point.That
is on the point which states that Leonard, William and James Boileau left France
for Ireland during the French Revolution which began in 1789 and Louis XVI was
executed on January 21, 1793.Yet the
above account informs us that the three Boileau brothers fled to Ireland at the
beheading of Louis.In Ireland Leonard
married a Miss Meredith, who bore him a son, Meredith Ballou, born in 1766,
which was nearly 30 years before his parents were wed.This is a discrepancy which ought to be
corrected.We hope that Mr. Joseph Ball
or some other member of the Kentucky branch of the family will try to correct
this.We have no desire in the world to
be critical, but we are sure there is some error in this part of the
account.

That the Tennessee Ballous, from whom the
writer is descended, arrived in Middle Tennessee as early as Leonard and his
brothers crossed the Atlantic from Ireland is easily proven.In fact our great-great-grandfather, Leonard
Ballou, was born in Botetourt County, Virginia on April 4, 1767, and died in
Smith County Tennessee on August 4, 1840.His father was named Leonard Ballou who married, so we are told by the
oldest members of the family, Esther Meredith.Leonard Ballou, husband of Esther Meredith Ballou, died during the
Revolutionary War, as the result of an attack of small pox contracted by him
when he took a drove of beef cattle to Philadelphia for sale.His widow and several of the children came
to Middle Tennessee, then called West Tennessee.Mr. Peck, in his correspondence with the Southern branch of the
Ballou family in the years, 1875-6-7, was undoubtedly misinformed on at least
some points and these incorrect statements have been incorporated in Adin
Ballou’s history, “The Ballous in America.”This may be a rather bold assertion for a country newspaper editor and a
hillbilly at that, to make.Some of the
known errors appear in the account of the sons and daughters of Leonard Ballou,
who, our folks say, married Ester Meredith.The history lists Leonard Ballou, born perhaps 1762.This should have been as above given, April
4, 1767.The history says he Married
Mary Wingfield.This should have been
Mary Metcalf.Later he married her
sister, Sarah Metcalf.The history
states that one of the daughters married a Johns.This is correct, for Esther Ballou, born in Virginia in 1776,
married Elias Johns, and came to Tennessee in the last years of the 18th
century.Elias was born in Virginia in
1780, and was four years younger than his wife.Elias and his wife resided a few miles south of the writer’s home
town of Lafayette, on the waters of Dixon’s Creek.

In the history, it states that Meredith
Ballou was a son of Leonard, who, we know, was the man that died of small pox
and whose sons, Leonard and James were.But the history gives the date of the birth of Meredith Ballou, son of
Leonard and brother of Leonard, Jr., as September 29, 1766.We have documentary proof that Leonard, our
own great-great-grandfather was born April 4, 1767, which would have been a
virtual impossibility, with Meredith born 6 months before.The history leaves Leonard, Jr., in
Virginia, married to Mary Wingfield and the father of:William Ballou, born in Goochland County,
Virginia, in 1795, and married Sarah Oney; Charles Ballou, born in 1797; Thomas
H. Ballou, born on February 22, 1798; Robert Ballou, born probably in 1802; and
Joseph Ballou, born in Goochland County, Virginia, and married Sarah
Webster.This Leonard Ballou is listed
in the history as a Baptist minister and pastor of a church in Rockingham
County, Virginia, in 1796.Although our
great-great-grandfather, Leonard Ballou, was a member of Mt. Tabor Baptist
church, he was never a minister.The
history states that he died in 1853, but the Leonard Ballou, son of Leonard,
died as above set out, on August 4, 1840, in Smith County, Tennessee, and is
buried about 13 miles southeast of Lafayette.

Our ancestor, Leonard Ballou married Mary
Metcalf, by whom he had four children.They were:Betsy, or Elizabeth
Ballou born August 5, 1798, and married B. P. Lipscomb; Leonard Ballou III,
born May 8, 1800, and married Jane Nixon; James Ballou, born June 2, 1802, and
married a Key; and Rice Meredith Ballou born August 24, 1803, and married
Amanda Nelson.

Leonard, after the death of his first wife,
Mary Metcalf, married her sister, Sarah.By her he was the father of our great-grandfather, Lorenzo Dow Ballou,
born December 1, 1808 and married Mary RKittrell on November 5, 1829; Julia, who died at about 16 years of age
and unmarried; Minerva married Booker Wakefield; Anthony W. Ballou married a
Cummings; William Ballou, married a McMurry; and John Ballou, married a White.

We desire to get this matter straightened
out and would appreciate help from any source.We hope to have more on the same line in an early issue of the paper.